Bleacher Report: Colts should let Frank Gore walk

The Indianapolis Colts may have one of the more lowly rushing attacks in the NFL but starting running back Frank Gore has done everything the team has asked.

Despite the incredible season, Gore has put together on a struggling offense, there is a chance he doesn’t return after the regular season is over as his contract expires and Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski feels the Colts should let him walk and extend the rebuild to the backfield.

The next two games should also be his last with the Colts, though, as he’s a free agent after the season.

Indianapolis desperately needs fresh legs and a new presence in the backfield to help Andrew Luck and/or Jacoby Brissett. Marlon Mack may take over the starting role, and the front office should try to acquire another option during the offseason.

It isn’t clear what the Colts plan to do with Gore in the offseason but there is a chance they could look for a younger companion to play alongside rookie Marlon Mack and goal-line back Robert Turbin — when he returns from his elbow injury.

The Colts’ rushing attack ranks 22nd in the NFL so the position is certainly liable to be a part of the planned changes.

Gore, while averaging a career-low 3.6 yards per carry, has done his job in the backfield taking what the offensive line has given him. He needs 139 rushing yards to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season. That’s unlikely but not totally impossible.

He’s also just 175 rushing yards from passing Curtis Martin for fourth place on the NFL’s career rushing yards list.

It isn’t clear what the Colts will do in the offseason but there is a chance they look to extend the rebuild to the backfield. If they do, Gore will likely become a free agent.